Federal Register: September 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 188)
DOCID: fr28se07-94 FR Doc 07-4770
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr28se07-94
ACTION: Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice for pre-publication review and comment.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Availability of Draft Public Health Service (PHS) Clinical Practice Guideline Update on Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
DATES: Comments must be postmarked by October 26, 2007. Request for Draft PHS Guideline Update
To receive a copy of the draft guideline update, requests must include: Requester's name; Affiliation (business or organization); Address (including zip code); Telephone and Fax numbers. This is a draft document. Since changes are likely to be made to the draft guideline update during the review process this draft document should not be used as a clinical practice guideline until final publication. It is anticipated that the final guideline update will be made available to the public in the spring of 2008.
You will be mailed a printed DRAFT copy of the draft guideline update and sent by email: (1) An electronic form to submit any comments and (2) a short conflict of interest form to be completed by those submitting comments.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces the availability of a draft Public Health Service clinical practice guideline Update on Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence for prepublication review. This PHS guideline update is being produced by a multidisciplinary privatesector panel of experts convened by the agencies of the Public Health Service. The expert panel will not respond to individual comments but will consider all comments in determining revisions to the guideline.
SUMMARY:
Update on Tobacco Use and Dependence; Public Health Service clinical practice guideline,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
In July 2006 a private-sector panel of experts was convened by the Agencies of the Public Health Service to update the PHS Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Clinical Practice Guideline to improve the effectiveness of smoking cessation activities. A public meeting was also held in June 2007 for the panel to receive comments and information relevant to the update of the PHS guideline. The panel also reviewed and synthesized the literature on the topic and drafted a set of conclusions and recommendations based on the best available scientific data and expert judgments. A draft of these conclusions and recommendations is now undergoing peer review by a substantial number of individuals and groups who are knowledgeable about clinical treatment of tobacco dependence.
With this notice, the panel and the PHS are also making the draft
guideline available to other individuals who wish to provide written
review comments. After review and evaluation of the comments received,
the panel will make appropriate revisions to the current draft PHS
guideline update and prepare the clinical practice guideline update on
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. Potential reviewers should note
that the PHS may disclose the names of the guideline reviewers at the
same time the guideline is published. The PHS may also release review
comments after the guideline is published. Generally, comments will not
be attributed to specific reviewers. However, attribution may be
necessary or useful to indicate the validity or reliability of particularly important comments.
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Dated: September 21, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
For information on the PHS Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Clinical Practice Guideline Update, please contact: CAPT Ernestine Murray, Project Officer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Outcomes and Evidence, 540 Gaither Road, Room 6337, Rockville, MD 20850, Telephone: 3014271630, Email Address: ernestine.murray@ahrq.hhs.gov.